How to End Off

Hi, guys. Mary Beth Temple here. You have started your project, you have finished your project, and you come to the end and it says end off. What does that mean? I'm about to show you. So let's take a closer look at ending off your project. When I have completed the last stitch of the last row and I'm ready to end off, I have one working loop on my hook. I'm going to leave a tail, maybe four to six inches. I don't want a super short tail, because it'd be really difficult to weave in later. So I'm just gonna cut that. Put my work and the yarn aside. Now there's two different ways to do this. I'm gonna show you both of them. One is, to make a yarn over, pull that yarn over through that last loop, and then tug to tighten. Now, this is the way that I personally prefer. You do get that extra little lumpy on the end, but you can cover that up when you put your edging on or what have you. I just personally think it's a little more secure. Alternatively, the way a lot of people were taught, is after you cut your four to six inch end, your tail. And honestly, in some patterns, it might tell you to leave a long tail to sew up if you're sewing up a cuff of a mitten, or the top of the hat or something like that, in which case, follow the instructions. But a lot of people were also taught when they end off, when they've finished their last stitch, like I did here, to just pull the hook and pull that cut end through. Now, you don't have your little lumpy bumpy here that I had on the other version, but it is super loose. And I think it pulls out more easily. But both of those versions will work. And no matter which one you use, when you go in and weave in your end later, you can snug that up and make sure it doesn't come undone. See, it's super simple to do. And now when you come across that phrase, you'll know what it means. I'm Mary Beth Temple. Thank you so much for joining me. I'll see ya again here real soon.